#1
Posted: 1/31/09 at 4:37am
so any news on vanities? i really hope it gets to open soon...
#2
Posted: 1/31/09 at 6:53am
It got postponed.
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#3
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:06am
And no other news came with that annoucement. Sadly, I wouldn't be suprised if its over and done with. I suspect that once a show "postpones" without dates telling how long....that it's actually dead in the water.
We can hope.
We can hope.
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#4
Posted: 1/31/09 at 1:20pm
Not over and done yet. Work is still happening on bringing it to Broadway but honestly it may be in the autumn and not in the spring before it surfaces.
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#5
Posted: 1/31/09 at 1:26pm
I think it's probably better that it waits it out. There's a lot of "big" musicals this season, so I think it might work out better for it if it waits. Also, I think, it would fair better if it opened right before Tony deadlines, but maybe that's just me.
#6
Posted: 1/31/09 at 1:27pm
I'm very excited to see this, but I'm sure it'd be better to open either this fall or next spring. They will still have competition but when it comes to Tonys, they won't have to compete with the 3 ladies from 9 to 5.
#7
Posted: 1/31/09 at 1:35pm
I honestly don't know if a three person chamber musical will sell well these days. With bigger musicals like Billy Elliot and 9 to 5 coming along I am dubious that it would do well. I mean, look at The Story Of My Life, there are people out there saying that it wouldn't do well just because it is a two person musical. I guess that time will tell.
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#8
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:15pm
Oh winston89, I've been meaning to ask what the "89" in your screen name implies. It's not your IQ, is it?
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#9
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:18pm
Whoa! Unsolicited insults! Now we've got the ball rolling!
Okay, winston, now you call Dolly out on it, and then Dolly can call you "dear" and make a condescending remark that would have been welcome in the Hamptons in 1954.
God love you both.
Okay, winston, now you call Dolly out on it, and then Dolly can call you "dear" and make a condescending remark that would have been welcome in the Hamptons in 1954.
God love you both.
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#10
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:23pm
PiraquaGuy, you weren't implying that I would say to winston something like, "How sad to learn that when you were born they threw away the baby and kept the bathwater," were you? I can come up with more effective bon mots.
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#11
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:30pm
I'd love to hear some. Hopefully they'll be better than that mal mot.
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#12
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:31pm
The only mal mots around here are what you post, sweetheart.
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#13
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:33pm
Oo. Didn't see that one coming.
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#14
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:34pm
Then, dear child, you should get your eyes examined.
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#15
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:50pm
Aaaaaaaaand bringing it back to the "Vanities" topic...
I have not heard much either. I'm thinkin' it'd be wiser for them to wait for next year. I just hope that it is able to make its Broadway debut!
I have not heard much either. I'm thinkin' it'd be wiser for them to wait for next year. I just hope that it is able to make its Broadway debut!
"I'm a bagel on a plate full of onion rolls!"-Funny Girl
#16
Posted: 1/31/09 at 11:31pm
I think it's stupid to say what will sell and what won't sell. Honestly, nothing is a sure bet. This time last year I would have thought "Shrek" would have been a huge hit, but it's not doing that great.
#19
Posted: 2/1/09 at 1:07am
Was supposed to begin on Monday, I believe. Per Lauren Kennedy, its not coming to Broadway.
#20
Posted: 2/1/09 at 9:08am
lauren told you it definately wasn't going to happen, or are you going by what it says on her website?
#21
Posted: 2/1/09 at 9:19am
She announced it at "Sardi's" last night (she was the special guest at James Barbour's concert)
She performed one of the songs from "Vanities", right after she announced that it was supposed to open Monday, but isn't going to happen after all.
She performed one of the songs from "Vanities", right after she announced that it was supposed to open Monday, but isn't going to happen after all.
#22
Posted: 2/1/09 at 9:51am
Yes...the announcement that it was POSTPONED came several months ago...not just in the last few days or weeks....so not really news.
She wouldn't be automatically tied to anymore....if indeed there is any shred of hope that it is (eventually) coming.
As said by others: IF it's going to happen next fall would be the earliest I'd see it happening. Godspell was "postponed", Brigadoon was "postponed", Nice Work If You Can Get It was "postponed".
She wouldn't be automatically tied to anymore....if indeed there is any shred of hope that it is (eventually) coming.
As said by others: IF it's going to happen next fall would be the earliest I'd see it happening. Godspell was "postponed", Brigadoon was "postponed", Nice Work If You Can Get It was "postponed".
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#23
Posted: 2/2/09 at 1:11pm
i wonder if they're going to release the cast recording or not. the snippets sounded great
#24
Posted: 2/2/09 at 5:06pm
I wish they would release it! But Lauren will be singing from VANITIES at this benefit:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Kennedy_Adams_and_Spina_Join_Heres_to_the_Ladies_who_CARE_Benefit_Feb_9th_20090202
It should be fun!!!
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Kennedy_Adams_and_Spina_Join_Heres_to_the_Ladies_who_CARE_Benefit_Feb_9th_20090202
It should be fun!!!
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#25
Posted: 2/2/09 at 5:11pm
Pirag - why do you stick your nose into every single argument/quarrel/nasty comment?
if DollyPop wants to criticize Winston for sounding like a dumbass (which he does 105% of the time), so be it.
What's the point of you getting involved? It's getting old.
if DollyPop wants to criticize Winston for sounding like a dumbass (which he does 105% of the time), so be it.
What's the point of you getting involved? It's getting old.
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